Well, here it is, March 31st, 2006, closing in on midnight Eastern
Standard Time. The CodeWarrior/Mac web page is still up:
http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Develop/Desktop/Mac10.htm
.
I imagine it will likely remain up through the weekend, but presumably
will become dismantled sometime next week when someone at Freescale
finally gets around to it.
Well, it was an incredible 12 year run. Metrowerks, once a niche
education market vendor, sprung into life with excitement in January
1994 with CodeWarrior DR/1, the first viable PowerPC compiler. (I was
actually fortunate enough to have been a beta tester in late '93 before
the name "CodeWarrior" became attached to the compiler.) With Apple
and Symantec falling on their faces, Metrowerks essentially saved the
day. CodeWarrior owes its birth to Apple's move to the PowerPC; how
ironic that its death be associated with Apple's move away from the
PowerPC.
Freescale is now debranding the "Metrowerks" name, and CodeWarrior now
lives on sup****ting a handful of niche imbedded systems and the like.
No longer sup****ting the Mac, Windows or Java, CodeWarrior is a mere
shadow of its former self, lacking its true soul.
They were a glorious 12 years, essentially representing little more
than half of the life of the Macintosh. Metrowerks was there for Mac
developers transitioning to the PowerPC, its failed attempts at Copland
and Rhapsody, and finally successfully moving to Mac OS X. The whole
time, Metrowerks was there.
A warm heartfelt thanks to all the contributors at Metrowerks over the
years (most of whom who have moved on elsewhere). To the current
Freescale management (or mismanagement): here's a finger for you.
Jonathan Hoyle
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